#E9A35B#E9A35B
#E9A35B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9A35B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 163, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.41, 18.71, 47.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.41, 50.73, 68.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.91% 0.0513 0.1101) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.91% 0.121 65) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5929, 44.2773, 15.8826) |
| Luminance | 0.4427 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.06
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.21
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.83
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.86
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.78
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9A35B #5BA1E9
analogous
#E95C5B #E9A35B #E8E95B
triadic
#E9A35B #5BE9A3 #A35BE9
tetradic
#E9A35B #5BE95C #5BA1E9 #E95BE8
square
#E9A35B #5BE95C #5BA1E9 #E95BE8
split-complementary
#E9A35B #5BE8E9 #5C5BE9
monochromatic
#B26618 #E28525 #E9A35B #F0C191 #F7E0C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E9A35B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E9A35B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9A35B
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9A35B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9A35B | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA854
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9a35b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 163, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 65.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4be8b',
500: '#e9a35b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9a35b; $custom-light: #f4be8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9a35b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 163,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.423,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7691,
"c": 0.12143,
"h": 65
},
"luminance": 0.44273
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9A35B
secondary
#B7D0E9
accent
#71D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D